Is my plane a 737 MAX? • Hacker News Board

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by csharpminor » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:45 PM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #7

The unfortunate thing is that they can change it at anytime. So you basically have to avoid airlines that have the MAX in their fleet, such as Southwest.

The only major U.S. airline to not currently operate the MAX is Delta. Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Spirit, and SunCountry also do not operate it.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by kreativ_py » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:46 PM UTC

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Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by CafeRacer » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:47 PM UTC

jackdh wrote: post #15

Closi wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because they fall out the sky and occasionally their windows fly off.

Well it's better a window than the front falling off.

Lol, I still don't know if that interview is a comedy sketch or real.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by xahrepap » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

alpb wrote: post #26

Are you less safe on a 737 MAX than driving to the airport in a car? Genuinely curious, I’m trying to understand if this whole saga is statistically significant.

I've heard a lot of people say this in these comment threads, and I think this glosses over the actual issue: safety is getting worse, not better or even staying the same. So it's MORE statistically significant than it was. The trend is heading the wrong way.

Air safety going down is a trend you want to stop ASAP. Not wait around until it's just as dangerous as something else like driving your car.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by stouset » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

alpb wrote: post #26

Are you less safe on a 737 MAX than driving to the airport in a car? Genuinely curious, I’m trying to understand if this whole saga is statistically significant.

The MAX is far safer than driving at this point.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by Sirizarry » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

alpb wrote: post #26

Are you less safe on a 737 MAX than driving to the airport in a car? Genuinely curious, I’m trying to understand if this whole saga is statistically significant.

What isn’t significant about Boeing consistently failing in the construction and quality of the 737 MAX? How does comparing it to driving to the airport prove anything? Scratch that, it proves nothing. What are you getting at?

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by I-Robot » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:49 PM UTC

dtagames wrote: post #9

Igor_Wiwi wrote: post #2

Why 737 Max in particular?

Its appalling safety record [0] thus far makes it one of the least safe airplanes in modern history. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Accidents_and_i...

That is really bad misinformation statistically speaking. The "Max" aircraft (all variants) have literally many millions of miles of safe flight. If anything, it is the most scrutinized commercial aircraft in all of history.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by malfist » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:49 PM UTC

Really bad UI. Clicking on the placeholder text in the textbox doesn't do anything. I thought it was broken until I just starting clicking randomly and found that clicking outside the placeholder text works.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by stephenr » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:49 PM UTC

I-Robot wrote: post #29

It really shouldn't matter. There are MANY Max variants, and the airlines have already taken the 'questionable' units out of service.

The ones that are known to be questionable so far, you mean?

They never seem to identify the questionable ones until after something goes to shit.

Re: Is my plane a 737 MAX?

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Post by jmward01 » Tue, Jan 09, 2024, 5:49 PM UTC

Aviation is safe. An issue happened and appropriate steps have immediately happened and in the end an already incredibly safe industry will be even safer. If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. Yes, panic. This is not rational or helpful and is a huge reason why aviation is so antiquated. You want flying cars? Stop panicking at statistically minor issues. Panic and fear are why it was easier to heavily modify the already massively modified 737 design to create the 'max' instead of just designing a new plane. It is nearly impossible to bring innovation to market because of panic and fear. Over reporting and sites like this are increasing fear and panic when we should instead be celebrating a system working as it should.